The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
23 December 1914 : Albert Henry Reed Townsend
23 Dec 1914Albert was working at the age of 12, his mother a widow, Albert gave up making leather goods to join the army in 1911. …
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24 December 1914 : Flt Sub-Lieut Bernard Osbourne Ffield
23 Dec 1914Bernard was the son of John Bernard Ffield (an 'importer of foreign produce) and Emma Ivory Beatrice Ffield. He was th…
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24 December 1914: 2nd Lieut Herbert Ronald Farrar
24 Dec 1914The son of the Rev. Herbert William Farrar, clergyman and Florence M Farrar Herbert was baptised 14 August 1887, St.Hi…
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25 December 1914 : Pte Lewis Rhymes
25 Dec 1914The son of Edwin (an agricultural labourer) and Elisa and one of their three children. Lewis was working as an agric…
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27 December 1914: Lieutenant Robert Williamson
27 Dec 1914Only son of Dr. George Williamson and Constance (née Gunn) of 256, Union Street, Aberdeen. Robert went to school a…
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2 January 1915 : Henry Bint, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regi…
02 Jan 1915His father was Charles Bint (a general labour born in Essex) and his mother Charlotte Blint. His siblings at the 1901 …
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6 January 1915: Gerald 'Robin' Seckham
06 Jan 1915Robin's parents were Gerald Seckham (barrister at law) and Rebecca Mary (known as 'Minnie') (née Adair). At the 190…
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8 January 1915 : Pte Albert Croucher, 1st East Kent Regiment
08 Jan 1915His father was William James Croucher (a gardener/domestic servant) and his mother was Mary Ann Sharp. At the 1891 C…
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16 January 1915: Pt Arthur Kemp
16 Jan 1915Arthur was the eldest son of former Sergeant Harry Kemp (a wood sawyer on the Whilligh Estate and mother Kate (née Pat…
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18 January 1915: Pte Ernest Markillie
18 Jan 1915The third child of six of the John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1907-08 who had fought under Lord Roberts in…
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22 January 1915: Pte Percy Gernon Boyd
22 Jan 1915His parents Samuel Boyd (a book keeper for a shopping company in 1891, later an accountant) and Emma Boyd (née Ker). I…
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23 January 1915 : Cpl. William Gore
23 Jan 1915He was the son of the William Gore (a coachman) and his wife Ellen (née Owen). At the 1881 census a six month old Wi…
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